Body Cavities

Question 1

Dorsal body cavity

Answer 1

Two subdivisions: cranial cavity and spinal cavity

Question 2

Ventral body cavity

Answer 2

Much larger than dorsal; contains all visceral organs within the chest and abdomen; subdivided into the thoracic cavity and abdominopelvic cavity

Question 3

thoracic cavity

Answer 3

separated from the rest of the ventral cavity by the diaphragm; organs in the cavity are somewhat protected by rib cage; region called mediastinum is in the cavity

Question 4

mediastinum

Answer 4

separates the lungs into right and left cavities; houses heart, trachea, and other visceral organs

Question 5

abdominopelvic cavity

Answer 5

cavity inferior to the diaphragm

Question 6

abdominopelvic quadrants

Answer 6

four regions within the abdominopelvic cavity: right upper quadrant (RUQ), right lower quadrant (RLQ), left upper quadrant (LUQ), and left lower quadrant (LLQ)

Question 7

nine abdominopelvic regions

Answer 7

divided by four planes into: umbilical, epigastric, hypogastric (pubic), right and left iliac (or inguinal), right and left lumbar, right and left hypochondriac

Question 8

umbilical region

Answer 8

centermost region of the abdominopelvic, deep to and surrounding the umbilicus (navel)

Question 9

epigastric region

Answer 9

superior to the umbilical region

Question 10

hypogastric (pubic) region

Answer 10

inferior to the umbilical region

Question 11

right and left iliac (or inguinal) regions

Answer 11

lateral to the hypogastric region

Question 12

right and left lumbar regions

Answer 12

lateral to the umbilical region

Question 13

right and left hypochondriac regions

Answer 13

flank the epigastric region and contain the lower ribs

Question 14

Other body cavities

Answer 14

oral and digestive cavities; nasal cavity; orbital cavities; middle ear cavities